The Role of Acupuncture in Physiotherapy The Who Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles through the skin and tissue over various areas on the body. Traditional Chinese Medicine has used acupuncture as a form of treatment for various conditions based on empirical evidence over centuries of observation. In “classical acupuncture”, the premise is bodily […]
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To Stretch or Not to Stretch? The Problem Up until around 10 years ago, most people stretched before workouts by holding a position without moving until it was uncomfortable. It was believed that stretching would lengthen muscles and improve physical performance. Then studies started to pop up that demonstrated that pre-exercise stretching actually decreased athletic
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How to Get Rid of that Nagging Pain? How about Augmented Soft Tissue Manipulation? The Who What is ASTYM? ASTYM is short for Augmented Soft Tissue Manipulation. It involves running a set of tools on the surface of the body to help stimulate healing in patients with chronic tendon disorders and problematic soft tissue
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Barefoot running: Is it right for you? It seems that you can’t go into a sporting goods store these days without noticing the latest innovation in running technology; the minimalist running shoe. Recently, I received a call from a friend who was shopping to replace her old running shoes to ask what she should
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Injury Prevention: When Aches and Pains are Obstacles to Your Goals Many of us have areas of weakness in our bodies from past injuries or recent little tweaks and pulls. Often these relatively minor injuries become major setbacks as we work towards fitness, weight, and athletic goals. Seeing a physiotherapist for a diagnosis and a
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Post-Surgery Rehabilitation The Problem A major injury or surgery can halt our regular exercise regime and curb our motivation to keep up with regular exercises. Worried we’re going to make the injury worse, an increase in pain, and unsure of what’s safe to continue with, most of us stop exercising altogether and wait for the
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Balance: Predictor of Future Ankle Injury? This is the first entry in our monthly physiotherapy blog. Moving forward we hope to have a number of our physiotherapists and professionals contribute to the blog on a regular basis. Our goal is to provide useful information to all of our interested clients and colleagues on subjects that
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